SCHWEITZER, ALBERT (1875-1965). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Albert Schweitzer"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1955]. 218 x 136 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.) including margins, upper left corner slightly creased. A shoulder-length portrait, inscribed on the margin: "Á Richard Charles Nalven (?) avec mes bonnes pensées Albert Schweitzer Lambarini Juillet 1955."

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SCHWEITZER, ALBERT (1875-1965). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Albert Schweitzer"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1955]. 218 x 136 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.) including margins, upper left corner slightly creased. A shoulder-length portrait, inscribed on the margin: "Á Richard Charles Nalven (?) avec mes bonnes pensées Albert Schweitzer Lambarini Juillet 1955."

"Schweitzer was already a world figure in theology and music when, at the age of thirty, he resigned his university appointments to become a misson doctor in Africa. He was awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in behalf of 'the Brotherhood of Nations'"--W.M.

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